Climate averages 1991–2020
Taourirt weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Taourirt: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guercif (47 km away). In December its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Taourirt, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taourirt ranks joint 46th of 56 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Taourirt is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Taourirt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 19 | 3.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 18 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 16.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 16 | 3.8 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Guercif in DecemberMorocco · 47 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Berkane in DecemberMorocco · 78 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Nador in DecemberMorocco · 85 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Oujda in DecemberMorocco · 96 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Melilla in DecemberSpain · 99 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Taza in DecemberMorocco · 105 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Maghnia in DecemberAlgeria · 118 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in DecemberMorocco · 134 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 39 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Taourirt) is explained once on the Taourirt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.